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THE RURAL SCHOOL LAW 



WITH INTERPRETATIVE NOTES AND 
EXPLANATIONS OF THE LAW 



W. F. DOUGHTY 

STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBUC^INSTRUCTION 




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ISSUED BY 

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
STATE OF TEXAS 



Bulletin 45 



Austin, August, 1915 



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THE RURAL SCHOOL LAW 



WITH INTERPRETATIVE NOTES AND 
EXPLANATIONS OF THE LAW 



W. F. DOUGHTY 

STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 




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ISSUED BY 

THE DEPARTMENT^OF EDUCATION 
^ STATE OF TEXAS 



Bulletin 45 



Austin, August, 1915 



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MAY 23 1916 



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DIEECTOEY OP THE STATE DEPAETMENT OP EDUCATION 

W. P. DouGPiTY, State Superintendent of Public Instruction 

Grover Lewis, 
Auditor 

J. M. Bledsoe, 

Certificate Clerlv 

Houston Smith, 



E. B. BiNNioN, 

Pirst Assistant Superintendent 
S. H. Whitley, 

Assistant Superintendent 

L. T. CuNTSriNGHAM, 



Eural School Visitor 

L. L. PuGii, 

Eural School Visitor 
]Sr. J. Clancy, 

Statistician 



Stenographer 
Geady Barrett, 
Stenographer 

George J. Stephens, 
Mailing; Clerk 



state board oe examinees 



C. A, Jay Chairman 

E. 0. Grafton Secretary 

Walker King College Examiner 



STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION 



James E. Peeguson, Chairman Governor of Texas 

John G. McKay Secretary of State 

H. B. Teerell Comptroller 

W. P. Doughty, Ex Officio Secretary State Superintendent 



STATE TEXT-BOOK REVISION COMMITTEE 

P. M. Bralley President College of Industrial Arts 

W. J. Battle President University of Texas 

W. P. Doughty State Superintendent of Public Instruction 



THE EURAL SCHOOL LAW 

Acts of the 34th Leg., Chap. 36 

1. Organization. — The general management and control of the 
public free schools in each county of the State shall be vested in five 
count}^ school trustees elected from the county, one of whom shall be 
elected from the county at large by the qualified voters of the common 
school districts of the county, and one from each commissioner's pre- 
cinct by the qualified voters of each commissioner's precinct, who shall 
hold office for a term of two j^ears, or until their successors are elected 
or appointed and qualified. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 2.) 

This section of the law is interpreted to mean that five county school trus- 
tees are to be elected in each county by the qualified voters of the common 
school districts of the county, one of whom will be elected from the county 
at large by the qualified voters of the common school districts of the county 
and four of whom will be elected separately by the voters of each commis- 
sioners precinct. In other words, the voters in common school districts will 
elect one trustee at large for the county and each commissioners precinct will 
elect one trustee separate and apart from other precincts. Only qualified 
voters of common school districts of the county are permitted to participate 
in the election of county school trustees. A county school trustee may reside in 
either a common school district or an independent school district. 

2. Time and Place of Election. — The time for the election of county 
school trustees shall be the same as that for the election of trustees of 
the common school districts, the first Saturday in April of each year; 
the order for the election of county school trustees to be made by the 
county judge at least thirty days prior to the date of said election, and 
there shall be one voting place designated by the order for each com- 
mon school district. The election officers appointed to hold the elec- 
tion for trustees in each common school district shall hold the election 
at the same place therein for the county school trustees. The county 
school trustees now in office shall continue in office for the terms for 
which they were chosen and qualified. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 2.) 

Thirty days prior to the date of election, the first Saturday in April of each 
year, the county judge will issue an election order designating that the elec- 
tion for county school trustees 'shall be held at the same time, at the same 
place, and by the election officers appointed by the district school boards to 
hold the elections for trustees in common school districts, as provided in 
Section 1, Chapter 132, Acts of the Thirty-fourth Legislature. 

3. First Election. — The first election under this act shall be held 
on the first Saturday in April, 1916, at which time there shall be 
elected two county school trustees for a terra of two years, and the 
second election under this Act shall be held on the first Saturday in 
April, 1917, at which time there shall be elected in each county three 
•county school trustees ; and each year thereafter there shall be elected 
alternately two county school trustees and three county school trustees 
in each county. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 2.) 

The county school trustees now in office will continue to serve in that 



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capacity for the remainder of the terms for which they may have been chosen 
and qualified. The first election under this Act will be held on the first 
Saturday in April, 1916, at which time there shall be elected two county school 
trustees for a term of two years. 

4. // There be No County School Trustees. — If there be any county 
in Texas at the time of the taking effect of this Act which has no 
coimty school trustees as provided for in Chapter 26, Acts of the Thirty- 
second Legislature, Eegular Session, the county commissioners court 
thereof shall appoint five county school trustees, two to serve until the 
election and qualification of their successors in 1916 and three to 
serve until the election and qualification of their successors in 1917; 
and the qualified electors of the common school districts of each county 
shall annually thereafter elect county school trustees as are required 
under the provisions of this Act. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 2.) 

In any county where there is no board of county school trustees at the time 
when this law goes into effect, the commissioners court will appoint five 
county school trustees as provided for in this section, two of whom will serve 
until the election and qualification of their successors in 1916 and three of 
whom will serve until the election and qualification of their successors in 1917. 
The five trustees thus appointed should decide among themselves, by lot, 
which two will serve for the short term and which three will serve for the 
long term. 

No active county superintendent can well afford to ignoie the advantages 
of having an efficient board of county school trustees to co-operate with him 
in promoting the educational interests of the county, and for this reason 
the county superintendent should direct the attention of the court to this section 
of the law and urge a prompt compliance with the provision. 

5. Form of Ballot.-— The State Superintendent of Public Instruc- 
tion is hereby directed and required to prepare a proper form of the 
ballot to be used in the election of county school trustees, and such 
other explanation of the laws as, in his judgment, may be necessary, 
and transmit the same to the coimty judge of each county at least sixty 
days prior to the dnte of the election of county school trustees. 

The state Superintendent of Public Instruction submits herewith proper 
form of ballot, and the explanations of the law herein offered are, in his judg- 
ment, sufficient. Inquiries concerning the law will have careful attention. 




(Copy) 

OFFICIAL BALLOT 

For County School Trustees 

FALLS county, TEXAS 

April 1, 1916 

FOR TRUSTEES AT LARGE 
Vote for one only 

1. (Name of candidate) 

2. (Name of candidate) 
3 

FOR TRUSTEE PRECINCT 3 
Vote for one only 

1. (Name of candidate) 

2. (Name of candidate) 

3. 

Repeat the Precinct Form as number and occasion may require. 

The following form with blank and space may well be provided at the bottom 
of the official ballot for convenience in voting for district trustees: 

FOR TRUSTEES COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT 

Number , County 

Vote for only 

1 

2 

3 

In accordance with the Terrell Election Law, the county judge, the county 
clerk, and the sheriff of each county constitute an election board for the county, 
(Art. 2983, R. S. 1911.) Any time within the sixty days immediately preceding 
the first Saturday in April of each year, the county judge as chairman of the 
county election board should receive from interested citizens nominations for 
the office of county school trustee. (Art. 3168, R. S. 1911.) One week prior to the 
election of county school trustees the county election board will canvass the 
nominations and prepare ballots in accordance with the form of ballot prescribed 
by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Section 5. 

■ 6. County Board to Classify Schools. — It shall be the duty of the 
county school trustees to classify the schools of the county in accord- 
ance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the State Superin- 
tendent of Public Instruction into elementary schools and high schools 
for the purpose of promoting the efficiency of the elementary schools 
and of establishing and promoting high schools at convenient and suit- 



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able places. In classifying the schools and in establishing high schools 
the connty school trustees shall confer and advise with the county 
superintendent of public instniction and the school trustees of each dis- 
trict at interest, and shall give due regard to schools already located, 
to the distribution of population, and to the advancement in their 
studies. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 3.) 

The authority of the board of county school trustees to classify the schools 
of the county under the provisions of this section should not be confused with 
the requirements made of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to 
classify the public high schools of the State under the provisions of Sections 17 
to 21, inclusive, of this Act. The county school trustees, together with the 
county superintendent, should study the conditions and needs of each school 
closely and tlien classify the schools of the county as elementary and high schools, 
designating in each case the number of grades which shall be taught in each 
school. The board may classify a school as an elementary school offering any 
number of grades, or years, of work up to and including the seventh grade, 
or year. In considering a high school, the county board may classify the 
school as an elementary-high school offering work in all grades of the elementary 
school and, in addition thereto, one, two, three, or four years of high school 
work, as will serve the best interests of the community in which the school is 
located. 

In preparation for the classification of tlie schools of the county, the county 
board of education should, in advance of the meeting at which classification is 
considered, direct the county superintendent to prepare an abstract of conditions 
affecting each school to be classified. Among other things the abstract for each 
school should show: 

1. Number of pupils enrolled or apportioned to the school. 

2. Average daily attendance for the preceding year. 

3. Number of pupils enrolled by grades the preceding year. 

4. Length of school term. 

5. The location of high school pupils in the district with reference to the 
school house and with especial reference to adjacent or convenient high schools. 

6. Number of teachers employed. 

7. Grade of certificate held by teacher or teachers and number of years 
experience. ( In this connection it should be borne in mind that a teacher hold- 
ing only a second grade certificate or permanent primary certificate may not 
contract to teacli work above tile seventh grade in either a graded or ungraded 
school.) (Section 110a, Chap. 96, Acts of the Thirty-second Legislature.) 

8. Salary per month paid each teacher. 

9. The course of study. The subjects of instruction should be considered 
carefully by the board in deciding the classification of any school. For example, 
a school maintaining two years of -high school instruction would accomplish 
more for its students by offering an enriched course of study well adapted to 
community needs and properly administered by efficient teachers than by offering 
four years of high school work with a poorly organized course of study ad- 
ministered by over-worked and incompetent teachers operating under unfa- 
vorable conditions. 

10. Value of school building. 

11. Size of school rooms or amount of floor space per pupil. 

12. Description of heating, lighting, and ventilating facilities. 

13. Description of apparatus for teaching vocational work, such as agri- 
culture, domestic science, and manual training. 

14. Description of general school apparatus, such as libraries, globes, maps, 
charts, pictures, and blackboards. 

15. Size and description of the school grounds. 

16. Description of the water supply. 

17. Local taxes levied and collected, if any. 

18. Total amount of money available for maintenance purposes. 

19. Improvements on school buildings contemplated during the year. 

20. Purchase of additional equipment contemplated during the year. 

21. Condition of the roads in the school community. 






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22. General attitude of the citizens of the district toward good public 
schools. 

After the joint meeting of district and county trustees has been held as 
provided for in Section 10 of this Act, and the board of county school trus- 
tees has made a special study of the conditions involved in the classification of 
each school in the light of the county superintendent's abstract, the board should 
proceed to classify each school in accordance with the best interests of the 
schools and the individual needs of the pupils and in compliance with law 
and the regulations of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

?. Shall Not Deprive Anij Child Its Right to Attend School. — The 
county trustees shall not so classify any school as to deprive any child 
of scholastic age of its right to receive instruction in the grades to 
which it belongs in the public school of the district in which it resides, 
unless arrangements are made by the county school trustees for the 
said child to attend a school of proper classification free of charge in 
another district which is within reasonable walking distance of the 
home of said child; that is, a school of proper classification which is 
not more than three miles from the home of said child; the distance 
to be computed according to the route or road commonly traveled in 
going from the home of said child to the school building, or unless the 
county school trustees shall arrange for the free transportation daily 
of said child to and from the school of proper classification, in which 
case the expense of such transportation shall be paid for by the district 
trustees out of the funds of the district in which the child actually ^re- 
•sides; and it is hereby made the duty of the coimty superintendent of 
public instruction and of the countj^ school trustees to see that every 
child of scholastic age is properly provided for as herein required, and 
the State Superintendent of Public Instruction is hereby directed and 
required to transmit definite and specific instructions to the county 
superintendent of public instruction, the county school trustees and the 
district school trustees with respect to the proper observance and ad- 
ministration of this law, to the end that no child shall be deprived of 
its right to attend school. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. -36, Sec. 3.) 

This section of the law makes it obligatory upon the board of county school 
trustees to provide adequate school facilities for every child of scholastic 
age residing in the county. It should here be observed that the term scholastic 
age as used in the law means the State apportionment age. A child of scholastic 
age during the school year 1915-16 is, therefore, any person residing in this 
State who will be over seven and under seventeen years old on the first day of 
September, 1915; and, on account of the law passed by the Thirty-fourth Leg- 
islature extending the scholastic age one year, a child of scholastic age for the 
school year 1916-17 and thereafter will be any person under seven and not over 
eighteen on the first day of September of any school year. 

Therefore, in classifying schools the county school trustees will not so 
classify any school as to deprive any child who was over seven and under 
seventeen years of age on the first day of September, 1915, or, on account of the 
extension of the scholastic age limit, under eighteen on the first day of Sep- 
tember, 1916, of its right to receive instruction in the grades to which it belongs 
in the public schools of the district in which it resides, except arrangements be 
made by the county school trustees for such child to attend a school of proper 
classification, free of charge, in another school of proper classification, which 
is not more than three miles from the home of said child, unless the county 
school trustees arrange for the free transportation daily of said child to and 
from a school of proper classification to which transfer has been made. 

The General Law provides that the trustees of any district shall admit 






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to the benefits of the public school any person who is over seven and not 
over twenty-one years of age at the beginning of the scholastic year. This 
section of the law does not change in any way the manner of taking the scholas- 
tic census, and the State apportionment for the year 1915-16 will be made 
upon the basis of the enumeration of children seven to sixteen years of age, 
inclusive. 

The law merely admits any child over scholastic age and under twenty-one 
years old at the beginning of the scholastic year to the benefits of the public 
school of the district of its residence; and nowhere in the law is there any 
provision made for the transfer of children over scholastic age and under 
twenty-one years old. Since the law provides only for the transfer of children 
of scholastic age, seven to sixteen years, inclusive, for the year 1915-16 and 
seven to seventeen, inclusive, thereafter, it is necessary, therefore, to distinguish 
between the scholastic age limits, which are over seven and under seventeen, and 
the free school ages, which are over seven and under twenty-one years. 

In arranging for the transfer of children within scholastic age at public ex- 
pense, the trustees should consider carefully the cost and the effect it will 
have upon the school from which the transfer is made. The transfer privilege 
as herein provided is designed for two purposes mainly: In the first place, 
the transfer is intended primarily to relieve the local situation by making it 
possible for the teacher to give more attention to the instruction of children 
within certain grades. In the second place, the transfer is for the purpose of 
giving the advanced pupil better school facilities than he could possibly receive 
should he attend the school of the district in which he resides. The county 
school trustee should, therefore, safeguard the interests of the rural school by 
considering well the effect any transfer will have upon the conditions of the 
school of the district. 



S. Shall Prescribe Course of Study. — The county school trustees 
shall, in co-operation with the county superintendent of public instruc- 
tion, prescribe a course of study for the public schools of the county 
conforming to the law and the requirements of the State Superin- 
tendent of Public Instruction. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 3.) 

This section provides that the county school trustees shall prescribe a course 
of study for the public schools of the county, and it states specifically that the 
course of study adopted shall conform to the law and the requirements of the 
State Superintendent of Public Instruction. It is, therefore, recommended that 
the county school trustees adopt the State Course of Study as prescribed by the 
State Superintendent of Public Instruction with such modifications only as 
will adapt it to the needs and requirements of the school of the county. 

Great difficulty will, of course, be experienced in standardizing instruction 
in the rural schools. Short terms of school, ranging from two months to nine 
months, and inexperienced teachers, working in some instances under very un- 
favorable conditions, present a very perplexing problem, which has not yet been 
satisfactorily solved by anyone. In adjusting the State Course of Study to 
the needs of the rural schools, it is desirable to approach the matter very 
much as a student. A great opportunity is here opened to any progressive 
county superintendent, together with his board of county school trustees, to 
render an invaluable service to the schools of his county. 

On account of the handicap herein mentioned, it is desirable to advance 
children of the rural schools as rapidly as their attainments will permit. Ac- 
cordingly, in a six-months school, for example, a class entering the fourth, or 
any other grade, should proceed as far toward the completion of the work 
of the grade as circumstances will permit. At the close of school the teacher 
should make a careful note in her register of the work completed and the place 
where the work of the class should begin next year. Should the class of such 
school proceed with its work normally, it would, as a matter of fact, complete 
the work of the fourth graae at the end of the third month of the succeeding 
school year. According to this plan, it is possible for children to proceed 
as systematically in the rural schools, with various lengths of term, as they 
do in the towns and cities, with uniform sessions of nine months, the only 



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difference being that the children of the rural schools are completing their grades 
and receiving their promotions at various times during the session instead of at 
the close of the year as in schools with sessions of nine months. 

9. Authorized to Snldivide the County. — The county school trustees 
are authorized to exercise the authority heretofore vested in the county 
commissioners court with respect to subdividing the county into school 
districts, and to making changes in school district lines. (Acts 34th 
Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 4.) ^ 

The county school trustees are herein authorized to exercise the authority 
heretofore vested in the county commissioners coiirt with respect to subdividing 
the county into school districts and to making changes in school district lines. 
It is, therefore, made the duty of the county school trustees to study conditions 
as they exist throughout the county with a view to subdividing the county 
into suitable school districts, if such has not already been done prior to the 
enactment of this law. 

When any change whatever is made in the boundary lines of tjwo or more 
districts, the board of county school trustees should, at the same time, re- 
establish the metes and bounds of all districts affected by such change, in order 
that the record of all districts affected may be complete in themselves. This 
is imperative in case any district affected should desire to issue bonds in the 
future. 

In construing the authority vested in the county school trustees by this 
section, it is necessary to take into consideration the content of Section 10 
of this Act. 



10. Shall Call Annual Meeting of District Trustees. — The county 
school trustees shall call an annual meeting of the district school trus- 
tees of the county, to be held at the county seat at some convenient 
season in August or September of each year, at which meeting shall be 
considered by the said county school trustees and the district school 
trustees in joint meeting, presided over by the chairman of the county 
school trustees, questions dealing with the location of high schools and 
the teaching of high school subjects, the classification of schools and 
such other matters as may pertain to the location, conduct, mainte- 
nance and discipline of schools, the terms thereof, and other matters 
of interest in school affairs of the county, and the county school trus- 
tees shall be guided in their action by the result of the deliberation of 
such meeting, not inconsistent with law. The county school trustees 
may also call other meetings of the district school trustees, when deemed 
necessary by them, or on the petition of a majority of such district 
school trustees. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 4.) 

On or about the first Monday in August, preferably the first Monday in 
August, the date fixed by law for a regular meeting of the county school 
trustees of each county, there should be held at the county seat of each county 
in the State an annual meeting of the district school trustees of each- county. 
Notice of such meeting should be given wide publicity by the county super- 
intendent in all the papers of the county for at least thirty days prior to the 
date set for the annual meeting of the district trustees of the county, and special 
invitations signed by the county board of trustees and the county superintendent 
should be mailed to every district trustee in the county at least ten days before 
the date of said meeting, urging attendance. 

The meeting of the county school trustees should be extended through Tues- 
day and longer if necessary that the board may have ample time in which 
to consider thoroughly all matters properly coming before the session. The 
meeting on Monday, which should be attended by every district school 






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trustee in the county, will be presided over by the chairman of the county 
school trustees. The county superintendent, together with the county school 
trustees, should submit a carefully planned program arranged on a purely 
business basis bearing directly upon questions dealing with the subdividing 
of the county into school districts, the making of desirable clianges in 
school district lines, the location of rural high schools, the classification of 
schools, the course of study, the teaching of school subjects, the conduct, main- 
tenance, and discipline of schools, the best means of extending the terms thereof, 
and such other matters of interest as may be properly brought before the 
meeting. The meeting should be devoted strictly to the handling of business 
and professional matters relating to the improvement of the schools of the 
county. The county superintendent may easily kill the good effects to be derived 
from the annual meeting of county and district trustees by filling up his pro- 
gram with outside speakers. The secret of the success of each meeting will de- 
pend entirely upon the ability displayed by the chairman of the meeting in get- 
ting a systematic discussion of the vital problems affecting the school interests 
of the county. Every school trustee desiring to speak should be given oppor- 
tunity to be heard, and a good part of the program should be devoted to round- 
table discussions. 

When the meeting of the. district trustees has been adjourned, the county school 
trustees should proceed with their deliberations, giving due attention to all 
requests, petitions, and recommendations made by the district trustees, until 
all the business of the board has been properly transacted. 

11. 3fay Consolidate Districts. — The county school trustees shall 
have authority to consolidate two or more common school districts into 
a larger common school district where a majority of the qualified elect- 
ors of each common school district at interest shall petition the county 
school trustees for consolidation in order that a high school may be 
established for the children of high school advancement in the com- 
mon school districts so consolidated. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 4.) 

When it is desired to consolidate two or more common school districts into 
a larger common school district for the purpose of establishing a high school 
for the children of high school advancement in the districts at interest, a petition 
setting forth such purpose should be circulated among the qualified electors of 
each district by some interested person. If a majority of the qualified electors 
of each common school district at interest shall sign the petition to the county 
school trustees asking that a consolidation be effected for high school purposes, 
then it shall be the duty of the county school trustees to consolidate said com- 
mon school districts under a new name and number, and proper record should 
be made in the minutes of the board by the county superintendent, a copy of 
which shall be transmitted by him to the county clerk as provided in Section 
12 of this Act. 

Under the law, the cost of making surveys and plats of new districts created 
by the board of county school trustees or changes in boundary lines affected 
by the board must be paid by the county commissioners court out of the general 
county fund. The Attorney Gteneral's Department is in complete accord with 
this interpretation of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

13. County Superintendent Shall Keep Accurate Record. — The 
County Superintendent, as secretary of the county school trustees, shall 
keep an accurate and complete record in a well-bound book provided 
for that purpose, the field notes of all changes made in school district 
lines, and of all proceedings of the county school trustees, including the 
consolidation of school districts. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 34, Sec. 4.) 

The county superintendent is constituted by law the secretary to the county 
school trustees, and it is made obligatory upon him to keep in a well bound 
book provided for that purpose an accurate and complete record of all the pro- 




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ceedings of the county school trustees, including all orders of said board, the 
consolidation of school districts, and field notes of all changes made in school 
district lines. Immediately following the adjournment of the board the records 
should be carefully and legibly written into the permanent record from notes 
kept by the county superintendent. The minutes of each meeting should be 
started at the top of a page, showing clearly the date and place of such meeting 
and names of the members of the board present, followed by a detailed account 
of the business transactions of the board. 

The county superintendent, in certifying the orders of the county board of 
trustees to the county clerk for record, should make an accurate transcript 
of all of the orders of said county board of trustees effecting the creation and 
consolidation of school districts as well as all orders effecting a change in 
the boundary lines of school districts, and not merely excerpts from the minutes. 
We suggest that his certificate be in the following form, in substance: 

State of Texas 
County of 



I, , County Superintendent of Public Instruction of 

County, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing .... 

pages is a true and correct copy of all of the minutes of the county board of 
trustees of County had at its meeting of date 



County Superintendent of Public Instruction and ex officio secretary County 

Board of Trustees, County. 

( Seal ) 

When a certified copy of the minutes of the proceedings of the county board 
of trustees referred to in the paragraph last above have been received by the 
county clerk, it will be his duty to record them, including the superintendent's 
certificate, in the book designated "Record of School Districts" in his office. 

13. Record of School Districts. — A certified copy of such change 
in a school district line and also of the record in efEecting the consoli- 
dation of school districts shall be made and transmitted by the County 
Superintendent to the county clerk^ and it shall be the duty of the 
count}^ clerk to record the field notes and certified copy of such change 
in a well-bound book to be desisjnated as the "Eecord of School Dis- 
tricts." (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 4.) 

The law requires that the county clerk be provided with a well bound book, 
to be designated as "Record of School Districts," and it is made the duty of the 
county clerk to record in said record the field notes and changes in school district 
lines and also the record in effecting the consolidation of school districts as may 
be transmitted to him by the county superintendent. The county clerk is not 
authorized to make record of any transaction from the minutes and records of 
the county school trustees except they be properly certified to by the county 
superintendent. 



14. State Superintendent to Transmit Instructions and Prescribe 
Forms. — It is hereby made the duty of the State Superintendent of 
Public Instruction to prepare and transmit all necessary instructions 
and forms for use of the county school trustees and the people of com- 
mon school districts in effecting the consolidation of school districts for 
high school purposes. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 4.) 

The interpretations and explanations of the Rural School Daw published herein 
are intended to meet the requirements of this section of the law. The following 
is a proper form of petition for consolidation of common school districts: 




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FORM OF PETITION 



The Honorable Board of County School Trustees, County. 

Dear Sirs: Under the provisions of the Rural School Law, Chapter 36, 
Acts of the Thirty-fourth Legislature, your Honorable body is hereby petitioned 

by the undersigned, constituting a majority of the qualified electors of 

Common School District, Number , in County, to 

consolidate said district with Common School District, 

Number , in County, in order that a high school 

may be established for the children of high school advancement in the common 
school districts so consolidated. We believe that such consolidation will pro- 
mote the school interests of the consolidated district and make it possible to 
offer better educational advantages to our children; the new consolidated dis- 
trict to be known as Consolidated Common School 

District Number of County, Texas, with 

metes and bounds as follows, towit: 

(The metes and bounds of the district should be described accurately, and 
whei-e original survey lines and natural objects, such as creeks and streams, are 
not followed, the lines should be surveyed and course and distance given, as 
required by Article 2817, Revised Statutes, 1911.) 

Signed by petitioners. 



In order that the county school trustees may know that the petition is 
signed by a majority of the qualified electors of the district, the following 
certificate should be subscribed and sworn to by three of the reputable citizens 
of the district: 

CERTIFICATE 

State of Texas, 
County of 

Before the undersigned authority on this day personally appeared 

, , and , who are resident 

qualified electors of Common School District No , who, after being by 

me duly sworn, say that they are resident qualified electors of Common School 

District No of said County ; that the signers to the foregoing petition 

attached hereto constitute a majority of the qualified electors resident in said 
district. 



Subscribed and sworn to by , 

and this the day of 

(Seal) 



19. 



(Before any officer authorized to administer oaths.) 



15. Transfer of Children. — In providing better schooling for the 
children and in carrying out the provisions of Section 2 of this Act 
the county superintendent of public instruction shall, on the recom- 
mendation of the county school trustees, transfer children of scholastic 
age from one school district to another, and the amount of funds to be 
transferred with each child of scholastic age shall be the amount to 
which the district from which the child is transferred is entitled to 
receive. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 4.) 

In Sections 6 and 7, the transfer of children under the provisions of this Act 
has been thoroughly discussed. The authority for the transfer of children under 
this section does not in any way repeal tlie law permitting the county superin- 
tendent to transfer children on petition prior to August 1 of each year. The 
county superintendent of public instruction, upon the recommendation of the 



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county school trustees may transfer any child of scholastic age, seven to sixteen 
years inclusive, provided such transfer will meet the conditions as specified in 
note under Sections 6 and 7 of this Act. 

The amount of money to be transferred with each child of scholastic age is 
not clearly defined in this section of the law. It is apparent, however, that 
the law intends to limit the amount of money that can he legally transferred 
from one district to another. Therefore, in accordance with Section 25 of the 
School Law, it is held by the State Superintendent that the amount of money 
to be transferred with each child of scholastic age shall be the State and county 
apportionment to such child. 

The school receiving the transfer will in every instance admit such scholastic 
to the benefits of the public school for such time at least as the State and county 
apportionment will maintain the school to which the child has been transferred. 
The trustees of a school having a surplus of funds over and above the amount 
necessary to maintain the school from which the child is transferred for a 
period not less than six months in each year may, with the approval of the 
county school trustees, as justice and equity in the case demand, make transfer 
of additional funds to pay the tuition of a scholastic in another school for a 
period of time not less than that during which the school is maintained in the 
district from which the child is transferred. 

16. Supervisory Control. — The district court shall have general 
supervisory control of the actions of the county board of school trustees 
in creating, changing and modifying school districts. (Acts 34th Leg., 
Ch. 36, Sec. 4a.) 

It is provided in this section that, should any differences arise in creating, 
changing, and modifying school districts, the action of the county board of 
school trustees is subject to the supervisory control of the district court. 

17. Classification of Public High Schools hy State Department. — - 
In accordance with the provisions of this Act, the public high schools 
of the State shall, upon satisfactory evidence, be ranked by the State 
Department of Education as high schools of the first class, high schools 
of the second class, and high schools of the third class. (Acts 34th 
Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 5.) 

This section of the law does not in any way conflict with Section 6 of this 
Act. The State Department of Education is herein required to rank all public 
high schools of the State as . high schools of the first class, high schools of the 
second class, and high schools of the third class. It is, therefore, obligatory, 
and, in accordance with the requirements of the act, proper application forms 
for classification by the State Department of Education are ready for distribu- 
tion. It is the purpose of the State Department of Education to render help- 
ful assistance in establishing and promoting public high schools. So important 
is this work that a special bulletin entitled "Texas High Schools" has been pre- 
pared and puMished for the purpose of helping school authorities desirous of 
meeting the standards of classification as prescribed in this section of the law. 
Those interested in establishing high schools or in securing classification should 
write the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for Bulletin 37 and for 
such other information and assistance as may be needed in building good high 
schools. 



18, High School of the First Class. — A high school of the first 
class shall be a high school which maintains at least four years, or 
grades, of work above the seventh grade, or year, may include in its 
curriculum the first seven grades or years of work, shall employ at least 
two teachers to teach high school subjects, who shall each hold a State 







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first grade certificate or certificate of higher grade, and shall be main- 
tained for not less than eisrht scholastic months during each school j^ear. 
(Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 5.) 

A high school of the first class will maintain at least four years of high school 
work above the seventh grade, will employ three or more teachers to teach the 
high school subjects, who shall each hold a State first grade certificate or cer- 
tificate of higher grade. Graduates of approved normal schools or of colleges 
and universities of the first class will be preferred. The school will maintain 
a definite curriculum of studies meeting the standards and requirements of 
the State course of study, be provided with adequate laboratory and library 
equipment, and be supported for a session of not less than eight scholastic 
months, and nine if possible, during each school year. 

19. FligJi School of the Second Class. — A high school of the second 
class shall be a high school which maintains at least three years, or 
grades, of work above the seventh grade, or year, may include in its 
curriculum the first seven years or grades of work, shall employ at 
least two teachers to teach high school subjects, who shall each hold 
a State first grade certificate or certificate of higher grade, and shall 
be maintained for not less than eight scholastic months during each 
school year. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 5.) 

A high school of the second class will maintain at least three years of high 
school work above the seA'enth grade, will employ two or more teachers to teach 
the high school subjects, who shall each hold a State first grade certificate or 
certificate of higher grade. Graduates of approved normal schools or of colleges 
and universities of the first class will be preferred. The school will maintain 
a definite curriculum of studies meeting the standards and requirements of the 
State course of study, be provided with adeqviate laboratory and libraiy equip- 
ment, and be supported for a session of not less than eight scholastic months, 
and nine if possible, during each school year. 

A high school of the second class should differ from a high school of the 
first class only in extent of its curriculum. The standards maintained and the 
quality of work done should be the same in every respect, so that pupils going 
from one school to another shall not experience any great losses in adjusting 
their studies. 



20. High School of the Third Class.— A high school of the third 
class shall be a high school which maintains at least two years, or 
grades, of work above the seventh grade, or year, may include in its 
curriculum the first seven years or grades of work, shall employ at 
least one teacher to teach high school subjects, who shall hold a State 
first grade certificate or certificate of higher grade, and shall be main- 
tained for not less than seven scholastic months during* each school 
year. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 5.) 

A high school of the third class will maintain at least two years, or grades of 
high school work above the seventh grade, will employ one or more teachers 
to teach the high school subjects, who shall each hold a State first grade cer- 
tificate or certificate of higher grade. Graduates of approved normal schools 
or of colleges and universities of the first class will be preferred. The school 
will maintain a definite curriculum of studies meeting the standards and re- 
quirements of the State course of study, be provided with adequate laboratory 
and library equipment, and be supported for a session of not less than seven 
scholastic months, and nine if possible, during each school year. 

A high school of the third class should differ from a high school of the first 
or second class only in extent of its curriculum. There is no good reason why 



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the work of a school of the third class should not be as thorough in every detail 
as that done in a high school of the first class. For example, the standards of 
instruction maintained in the first year of a high school of the third class 
should be nothing short of first class. More credit will accrue to the community 
maintaining first class standards in a school of the third class than can possibly 
come to a school of the first class maintaining second class standards of instruc- 
tion. 

21. Certificate of Approval. — Each class of high schools herein de- 
fined shall be entitled to receive a certificate of approval or classifica- 
tion from the State Department of Education. High schools which 
fail to come up to the standard herein prescribed as to teachers, num- 
ber of grades or years of work, and length of schools shall not be en- 
titled to receive a certificate of approval of classification from the State 
Department of Education. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 5.) 

Any public high school in this State meeting the standards prescribed in Sec- 
tions 18, 19 and 20 shall be entitled to receive a certificate of approval from 
the State Department of Education. Inasmuch as the law prescribes that all 
public high schools shall be classified by the State Department of Education, 
it will hereafter be necessary that every school attempting to do high school 
work make a report to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as to 
course of study, teachers employed, number of years of work, and length of 
annual session, upon which the school will be assigned classification according 
to the provisions of this Act. 

32. Additional Subjects Prescribed. — Besides the subjects prescribed 
by law to be taught in the public schools of Texas, such additional sub- 
jects as agriculture, manual training, domestic economy or other voca- 
tional branches shall be included in the course of study in all high 
schools provided for herein which are located outside of incorporated 
towns and cities, and special attention shall be given to teaching said 
subjects. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 6.) 

All public high schools provided for herein and located outside of incorporated 
towns and cities shall, in addition to the subjects prescribed by law, give special 
attention to such subjects as agriculture, manual training, domestic economy, 
or other vocational branches. This section is not interpreted to mean that it is 
obligatory upon school trustees in all public high schools outside of incorporated 
towns and villages to maintain special departments of agriculture, manual train- 
ing, domestic economy, or other vocational branches, but it does require that 
they shall give one or more of these branches special attention, which is inter- 
preted to mean that instruction shall be given in one or more of the subjects 
mentioned where conditions require it and circumstances will permit of it. 

23. School Year Defined.— A grade or year of work as herein men- 
tioned shall consist of not less than thirtj^-two weeks of five days each. 
(Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 5.) 

A standard school year consists of nine months, or thirty-six weeks of five 
■days each. Although a school year of eight months is permissible under the 
law, it is not accepted by the State Department of Education as being satis- 
factory. In some instances conditions may warrant the recognition of a school 
year of eight months but the practice will not be general and each case will be 
handled upon its merits. 



24. County School Trustees Body Corporate. — The county school 
■trustees of each county shall constitute a body corporate by the name 




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of the county school trustees of County, State of 

Texas, and in that name may acquire and hold real and personal prop- 
erty, sue and be sued, and may receive bequests and donations or other 
moneys or funds coming legally into their hands, and may perform other 
acts for the promotion of education in the county. The title to any 
school property belonging to the county, the title of which has hereto- 
fore been vested in the county judge and his successors in office, or any 
school property that may be acquired, shall vest in the county school 
trustees and their successors in office for public free school purposes. 
(Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 7.) 

Under this section, the county school trustees are constituted a body corporate 
and as such may exercise the usual functions of a corporate body for the pro- 
motion of education in the county. 

25. County Superintendent the Secretary and Executive Officer of 
County School Trustees. — The county school trustees shall designate 
the County Superintendent as their secretary and executive officer, and 
it shall be the duty of the County Superintendent to keep a true and 
correct record of all the proceedings of said county school trustees in 
a well-bound book, which shall be open to public inspection. (Acts 
34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 8.) 

The county superintendent is herein designated as secretary and executive 
officer of the county school trustees. As secretary, he should keep in a well 
bound book true and correct record of all the proceedings of the said county 
school trustees and such book shall be open at all times to public inspection. 
It is the duty of the county superintendent to execute the will of the board 
of county school trustees as directed in the minutes of the trustees, and for this 
purpose he is vested with full authority by the law. 

26. Shall Apportion Available School Fund. — Upon receiving notice 
from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction of the amount of 
State available school funds apportioned to the county, exclusive of all 
independent districts having each more than one hundred and fifty 
scholastics, it shall be the duty of the county school trustees, acting 
with the County Superintendent, to apportion all available State and 
county funds to the school districts as prescribed by law. (Acts 34th 
Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 9.) 

Upon receiving notice from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction 
of the amount of State available school funds apportioned to the county, ex- 
clusive of all independent districts having more than 150 scholastics, the county 
school trustees, acting with the county superintendent, shall apportion all avail- 
able State and county school funds to the school districts as prescribed by law. 



27. Shall Hear Appeals. — All appeals from the decisions of the 
county superintendent of public instruction shall lie to the county 
school trustees and from the said county trustees to the State Superin- 
tendent of Public Instruction, and thence to the State Board of Edu- 
cation. (Acts 34th Leg.. Ch. 36, Sec. 10.) 

In order to expedite matters in presenting appeals to the State Superintend- 
ent of Public Instruction, the following outline is respectfully submitted for the 
preparation of the transcript of the record in all appeal cases originating in 




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common school districts or in independent districts having fewer than 500 scho- 
lastics and presented to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. In 
this connection it should be remembered that the line of appeal is prescribed 
by law. The transcript of the record must contain: 

1. Certified copy of the decision of the local board of school trustees. 

2. Certified copy of petition of appellant addressed to the county superin- 
tendent of public instruction. 

3. Certified copy of the answer of appellee to petition of appellant addressed 
to the county superintendent of public instruction. 

4. Certified copy of all evidence submitted by both sides to the case at bar 
before the county superintendent. 

5. Certified copy of the decision of the county superintendent. 

6. Certified copy of decision of the board of county school trustees. In this 
connection it should be remembered that the board of county school trustees 
has a right to reopen the entire case and to hear original evidence in case the 
board decides it is wise to do so; and if new evidence is offered before the 
county board of education, certified copy of all such evidence must be included 
in transcript of the record for the State Superintendent. 

7. Such briefs or arguments in typewriting as either or both sides to the case 
at bar see fit to submit. 

8. In case of the dismissal of a teacher as provided by law by the losal 
board of trustees, the transcript of the record must contain: 

(a) Certified copy of the dismissal of the teacher by the board of trustees. 

(b) Certified copy of charges upon which the dismissal is based. 

From Independent Districts 

In preparation of transcript of the record of an appeal case originating in. 
an independent school district having more than 500 scholastics the following 
outline of the preparation of the record is in accordance with the law and should 
be followed in all cases. The record in such cases should contain: 

1. Certified copies in typewritten form of all original proceedings had before 
the local board of trustees including 

(a) Certified copy of the charges or petition of the plaintiff. 

(b) Certified copy of answer of defendant. 

(c) Certified copy of all evidence presented by either or both sides to the 
case at bar. 

(d) Certified copy of the decision of the local board of school trustees. 

2. Such typewritten briefs or arguments as either or both sides to the ease 
at bar see fit to submit to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

3. In case of the dismissal of a teacher as provided by law by the board 
of trustees, the record must contain: 

(a) Certified copy of the dismissal given the teacher by the board of trustees. 

(b) Certified copy of the charges upon which the dismissal is based. 
After proper transcript of the record in an appeal case has arrived at the 

State Department of Education, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction 
will give the matter his immediate and careful attention. 



28. Time of Meetings. — The county school trustees shall hold meet- 
ings once each quarter, on the first Monday in August, in November, 
in February and in May, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and at 
other times when called by the president of the county school trustees 
or at the instance of any two members of the county school trustees 
and the County Superintendent, the meeting place to be at the county 
seat and in the office of the county superintendent of public instruc- 
tion. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sea 11.) 

The law prescribes that the county school trustees shall hold meetings once 
each quarter, at least, on the first Monday in August, November, February, and 
May, or as soon thereafter as practicable. It also provides that the county 
school trustees may meet at other times when called by the president of the 




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Tjotinty school trustees or at the instance of any two members of the county 
school trustees and the county superintendent. The meeting shall be held at the 
county seat in the office of the county superintendent of public instruction. 

The progressive county superintendent and the wide-awake county school 
trustees will derive great benefit from the meetings, to say nothing of what 
may be accomplished for the schools. Regular meetings should be held, and 
in no instance except for unusual cause should the date for regular meeting of 
the county school trustees be permitted to pass without meeting of the full 
membership of the board, regardless of the apparent need of such meeting. The 
county superintendent should encourage the county school trustees to make his 
■office headquarters when at the county seat. Such cordial relations should 
exist between the county sujaerintendent and the members of the board as would 
make the trustees feel at home in the office of the county superintendent of 
public instruction. 

29. Compensation. — Each county school trustee shall be paid three 
($3.00) dollars per day for the time spent in attending meetings pro- 
vided for in this section, such payments to be made from the general 
fund of the county by warrants drawn on order of the commissioners 
court after approval of the account, properly sworn to, by the presi- 
dent of the county school trustees: provided, that no county school 
trustee shall receive more than thirty-six dollars for any one year, 
(Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 11.) 

Each county school trustee will be paid $3 per day for the time spent in 
attending the meetings provided for in this section, provided that no county 
■school trustee may leceive more than $36 for any one year. Payments will be 
made from the general fund of the county by warrants drawn on order of the 
•commissioners court after approval of the account properly sworn to by the 
president of the county school trustees. In some respects, $3 per day is a small 
•compensation and in other respects it may prove a poor expenditure. It would 
the impossible to measure the efficient service of a faithful county school trustee 
-in dollars and cents. His greatest reward must necessarily be a feeling of con- 
sciousness that he has rendered helpful service in promoting the educational 
interests of the people of the county. 

30. County Superintendent Shall Keep Accurate Record of Terms 
of Office. — The county superintendent of public instruction, as secre- 
tary of the county board of education, shall be required to keep an 
accurate record of the terms of office of the school trustees of each com- 
mon school district and of the county school trustees, and shall furnish 
to the countv judge at least sixty days prior to the date of the election 
-of district and county school trustees the number of trustees to be 
■elected in each common school district and the number of county school 
trustees to be elected from each commissioner's precinct or in the county 
«t large, as the case mav be. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 12.) 

The county superintendent is required to keep an accurate record of the 
terms of office of all district trustees of the common school districts of the 
■county, and, likewise, he shall keep an accurate record of the terms of office 
of the county school trustees. At least sixty days prior to the date of election 
of district and county school trustees, the county superintendent shall furnish 
to the county judge the number of district trustees to be elected in each com- 
mon school district of the county, the numbers of the commissioners precincts 
in which vacancies will occur on the board of county school trustees, and whether 
or not there will be a vacancy in the office of county school trustee at large. 
This information should be promptly transmitted to the county judge as herein 
prescribed by law, and the report should be published in at least one county 



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paper. Dilatory action on the part of the county superintendent in complying 
with this provision of the law is bound to impede the operation of the law 
and hinder the progress of the schools. 

31. Qualifications of Trustees.- — The county school trustees shall be 
qualified voters of the precinct or county from which they are elected, 
and four of them shall reside in different commissioner's precincts. 
Tliey shall he of 2:ood moral character, able to read and speak the Eng- 
lish language, shall be persons of good education, and shall be in sym- 
pathy with public free schools. (Acts 34:th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 12.) 

The election board as provided for in the Terrell Election Law and referred 
to in the note under Section 5 of this Act, should, through invetigation or 
otherwise, before placing any name upon the official ballot satisfy itself that 
each nominee for the office of county school trustees is a qualified voter of the 
precinct or county from which he offers for election, that such nominee is 
of good moral character, able to read and speak the English language, is a 
person of good education, and in sympathy with public free schools. The 
people of the county will not be called upon to fill a more important office 
than that of county school trustee, and for this reason every precaution should 
be taken in selecting the persons who shall direct the educational interests of 
the children of the county. 

32. Hoiv Elected and Commissioned. — The county school trustees 
shall be elected as prescribed in Section 2 of this Act, and the returns 
of the election for county school trustees shall be made to the county 
clerk within five days after such election shall have been held, to be 
delivered by him to the commissioners court at its first meeting there- 
after to be canvassed and the results declared as in cases of other elec- 
tions; and the county clerk, on behalf of the commissioners court, shall 
issue to the county school trustees their commissions and impress 
thereon the seal of the said court. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 12.) 

The note under Section 2 of this Act explains the manner prescribed for the 
election of county school trustees. The returns of the election for county school 
trustees will be made by the election officers to the county clerk within five 
days after the election. At the first meeting of the commissioners court there- 
after, the county clerk will deliver the returns to the court, at which time the 
commissioners will canvass the returns and declare the results as in cases of 
other elections. The county clerk on behalf of the commissioners court will 
issue to the county school trustees thus elected their commissions. In the event 
any county school trustee thus elected fails to qualify promptly, the county 
superintendent should, with the county judge, ascertain the cause of such delay, 
and if the position is declined the court should order another election to fill 
the vacancy, in order that the work of the county school trustees may go for- 
ward without hindrance. 



33.. The Oath of Office. — The oath of office prescribed by the Con- 
stitution of the State for State and county officers must be taken by 
the county school trustees before the commission shall be issued, the 
said oath of office to be filed in the office of the county clerk. (Acts 
34th Leg., Ch. 36, Sec. 12.) 

It is necessary that the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution of the 
State for State and county officers be taken by the county school trustee before 
a commission can be issued to him. The oath of office, when properly admin- 
istered and sworn to, should be filed in the office of the county clerk. 




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34. County School Trustees Shall Organize. — At the regular meet- 
ing in May, and after the qualification of new members the county 
school trustees shall organize bv electing one of their number presi- 
dent. (Acts 34th Leg.,"Ch. 36,' Sec. 18.) 

At the regular meeting in May of each year and after the new members have 
received their commissions from the county clerk, the county school trustees 
shall organize by electing one of their number president, whose duty it would 
be to preside over and direct the deliberations of the meetings of the board of 
county school trustees and also the meetings of district school trustees, as pro- 
vided in Section 10 of this Act, and to take active lead with the county super- 
intendent in promoting the public school interests of the people of the county. 



35. Vacancies. — All vacancies in the office of county school trustees 
shall be filled by election by the remaining county scliool trustees. 
Three of the county school trustees shall constitute a quorum, and all 
questions shall be decided by a majority vote. (Acts 34th Leg., Ch. 
36, Sec. 13.) 

When a vacancy occurs in the office of county school trustees, the remaining 
members of the board shall proceed to fill the vacancy by electing a suitable 
person to the positions as specified in Section 31 of this bulletin. 







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A& the supply of each of these bulletins is limited, any or all of them 
may be withdrawn from distribution at any time. Old bulletins are 
revised and re-issued, and new bulletins are published from time to time 
as the appropriation granted the State Department of Education by the 
Legislature will allow. 

1912 

Bulletin 15. Piural Schools, Plans and Buildings. 

1913 

Bulletin 22. Uniform Text-book Law with List of Adopted Text- 
books. 

Bulletin 27. School House Building Law. 



Bulletin 36. 
Bulletin 37. 
Bulletin 38. 
tricts). 

Bulletin 39. 



Bulletin 40. 
Bulletin 42. 
Bulletin 13. 
Bulletin 45 
Bulletin 46. 



1914 

Public School Directory, 1914-1915. 

Texas High Schools. 

How to Handle School Funds (Independent Dis- 

How to Handle School Funds (Counties). 

1915 

Summer Normal Bulletin. 

Outline of Study for Certificates. 

The Certification of Teachers in Texas. 

The Eural School Law. 

The State Course of Study. 



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